Published: January 05, 2009
PHOTOS: Iraqi orphans sing, act for Jihad NAC
By Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams
1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Staff Sgt. James Ossipov, a U.S. Army Reserve civil affairs team leader from Newark, N.J., assigned to CAT 15 in support of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, loads up on school supplies and snack foods, which were donated to orphan school children from the western Rashid district in southern Baghdad. The CAT, part of Company D, 404th CA Bn., stationed out of Fort Dix, N.J., assisted the armor company by coordinating with Iraqi Security Forces to distribute clothes and school supplies with local governance leaders at the Jihad Neighborhood Advisory Council Building.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - 1st Lt. Jason Behler, an armor platoon leader from Houston, assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, gathers school bags and supplies to distribute to Iraqi orphans during a school play Jan. 3 at the Jihad Neighborhood Advisory Council in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. The Soldiers of Co. C, working with local governance and Iraqi Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 53rd Brigade, 14th IA Division, provided assistance in the form of gifts for the orphan children.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Iraqi Army 2nd Lt. Yasir, a native of Mosul, assigned to 1st Battalion, 53rd Brigade, 14th IA Division, hands out brightly colored coats to Iraqi school children and orphans at the Jihad Neighborhood Advisory Council Jan. 3. The leaders from the local governance councils joined Iraqi Security Forces and Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., Multi-National Division - Baghdad, at the Jihad NAC Building to distribute school supplies, clothes and toys to the children, mostly orphans from various schools in the western Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - An Iraqi school girl, an orphan from the Rashid district in southern Baghdad, recites a verse from the Quran during a series of skits put on by the school-age children for members of the Jihad Neighborhood Advisory Council, the Iraqi Army and Soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. The group of orphans acted out a series of patriotic scripts and folk songs and read from the Quran for the local leaders to show their appreciation for donated clothes, toys and school supplies.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - Iraqi children, orphans from several schools in the western Rashid district in southern Baghdad, recite a verse from the Quran, to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Ashura during a series of skits put on by the school-age children for members of the Jihad Neighborhood Advisory Council, the Iraqi Army and Soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. The group of orphans acted out a series of patriotic skits and folk songs, and read from the Quran for the local leaders to show their appreciation for donated clothes, toys and school supplies.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - An Iraqi school girl, an orphan from the Rashid district in southern Baghdad, recites a verse from the Quran during a series of skits put on by the school-age children for members of the Jihad Neighborhood Advisory Council, the Iraqi Army and Soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. The group of orphans acted out a series of patriotic scripts and folk songs, and read from the Quran for the local leaders to show their appreciation for donated clothes, toys and school supplies.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq - 2nd Lt. Yasir, from Mosul, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 53rd Brigade, 14th Iraqi Army Division, gives Capt. Christopher Watkins, commander of Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, a volleyball during a civil military engagement at the Jihad Neighborhood Advisory Council Building in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. Coalition Forces and Iraqi Security Forces joined local governance leaders in donating clothes, school supplies and toys to Iraqi orphans from schools across the western Rashid district.
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